We made it - a hell of a trip but we're home!

Okay, what a hell of a ride but we are here and Junior has already riden his new bike (sort of), taken a 2 hour bath, and is not trying on ALL of his clothes. The is terrified of the dogs though - hmmmm not sure what to do about that part. Need to work hard on that because they are my babies too!

So, we had the embassy interveiw and no the documents did not provide Alma - the Consular what she wanted but in the end she agreed to let Junior go only because she did not know what might happen to him otherwise. So, a HUGE relief there. We proceeded on to check out of the hotel and off to the home to have Junior's celebration party. Nadime was to go to pick up the visa at 3:00pm and make the copies of all of the documents for us to take on to the customs and immigration as we arrived in the US. Well - 2:30 Nadime is still at the house and our flight was at 6:55. The day prior it had taken about 1 hour to get to the Embassy. So, I start doing the math and it if making me uncomfortable. She leaves and gets back at 4:00pm the airport is 1 hour away so I think okay pushing it a little but not bad. Then Jessie looks at the documents and the most important document of all the Ministry of Health investigation that gives approval for the adpotion is not there! The freak out is about to begin for the third day in a row!

We scurry off in the car to go to the Embassy it is now like 4:30 and the Embassy closes at 5:00. Remember it took nearly 1 hour the day before. FREAKIN BAD NOW! Then the thing you just can even imagine - it gets worse. The car breaks down! Nadime takes a cab to the Embassy. Jessie calls her husband to get his car and the plan is for Nadime to meet us at the airport. Then Jessie says that the flight is delayed 2 hours - okay feeling a bit better. We get to the airport and Jessie has a friend standing by who works in airport security to get us through immigration when Nadime gets there with the documents. We wait, we wait, we wait and the man says the gate is closed they can wait no longer. FREAK OUT AGAIN! - I walk with him to some office I have no idea what it was and the man says get their bags and get them through security. We are running. We are scurrying through the check points and still no Nadime with the documents. Finally, a man comes running in with them and we get pushed through. Now, keep in mind if not for the flight delay we would have been stuck for another week.

Now on to Brussels - air traffic control is down so we are being routed somewhere else so we can route on their control tower. This will put us in to Chicacgo about 1 hour late. CAN IT GET ANY WORSE! This means we have 1 hour 15 minutes to clear customs, collect our bags, clear non-resident immigration with the investigator for ?Junior, re-check our bags and get on our Tulsa flight. I ran with Junior after the visa interview and left Mom so that I could hold the plane. When she arrived the closed the door behind us!

We arrived in Tulsa pretty much on schedule - oh did I was the bag with all the electonic charges etc is lost! Damn what a stressful week. Those of you that are escorting - hats off to you - it is the way to go!

Funny note about all of this stuff - we are on the plane today and Junior is bored as any child rightfully should be and he says "I think our paperwor is here already"! Guess he was paying attention to all of the phone calls to Jessie and Nadime the night before!

We are here and now I am off to bed. Tons more photos to share! CD's and DVD's for everyone - right after we rest!